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Email Alert Internet Daily for Friday, December 28, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com Confusion stamps postal ecommerce Managers charged with expanding the U.S. Postal Service's ecommerce activities aren't delivering, a new congressional study says. A report by the General Accounting Office faults the USPS for "difficulty defining, identifying and classifying its Internet-related initiatives." Financial information about the efforts is also not "complete, accurate and consistent." The Postal Service has been studying how to implement electronic bill paying, online confirmation of deliveries and postal product sales. However, the GAO found "fragmentation, inconsistency and poor performance." The deputy postmaster general responded saying he would take action to address the problems, the GAO said. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo media chief to leave The vice president of Yahoo's media and leisure division will leave the company in February. David Graves, who lives in Massachusetts, said he had tired of the travel to headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Graves' departure occurs as Yahoo reorganizes its business divisions and cuts back on activities, including multimedia production. Yahoo said it plans to look for a successor for Graves. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo jobs deal worries CareerBuilder The online job listing service owned by Knight Ridder Inc. and the Tribune Co. is wondering what happens now that Yahoo has a deal to acquire HotJobs.com. CareerBuilder has a contract with Yahoo, making it the sole provider of job ads on Yahoo Careers, according to the Washington Post. "It's an exclusive contract and we expect them to honor (it)," said spokesman Barry Lawrence. Analysts suggested Yahoo is likely to try to buy its way out of the deal. "I am sure anything is negotiable for a price," Jeff Fieler, a consumer Internet analyst at Bear Stearns & Co., told the Post. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Eshopping season posts 36% rise Ecommerce during the holiday season was worth a record $6.6 billion, according to comparison-shopping Web site Bizrate.com. The total is 31% greater than Bizrate forecast, and is 36% greater than last year's online sales. "BizRate.com expects the momentum to continue into the New Year as consumers take advantage of the post-holiday clearance sales," the company added. The average online shopper's spending also increase, from $112.13 last year to $126.77 this year. ----------------------------------------------------------------- For late-breaking market news you can't afford to miss, go to http://CBS.MarketWatch.com/ ================================================================ LOGIN to access your account: https://investing.schwab.com/trading/start ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or modify your Email Alert customization options, log in using the link below or copy and paste it into your browser's address window: https://investing.schwab.com/trading/start?SANC=EAMyAlerts ---------------------------------------------------------------- Notice: All email sent to or from the Charles Schwab corporate email system may be retained, monitored and/or reviewed by Schwab personnel. (0801-11478) Copyright 2001 CBS MarketWatch. All rights reserved. Commercial use or redistribution in any form, printed or electronic, is prohibited. Distribution by Quris, Inc.
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